WhatsApp Blocks Profile Picture Screenshots on Android

WhatsApp is now going to stop users from taking screenshots of other users’ profile photos on smartphones. A new privacy feature that is widely available on Android smartphones. Meta has started testing the function on a beta version of the app over the past few weeks and is rolling it out to all users. Meanwhile, the company has started giving beta testers the feature of pinning more than one message in the chat, so that more information can be easily obtained in personal chat or group chat.

Meta has not yet announced details of the privacy function that turns off screenshots on users’ profile photo area. to rollout android police Users on stable and beta versions of WhatsApp for Android are now blocked from capturing the screen when viewing other users’ profile photos. Users can still take screenshots on WhatsApp on the beta and stable versions for iOS.

Gadgets 360 had confirmed that WhatsApp blocks profile photo screenshots on Samsung smartphones citing the device’s security policy, while attempting to capture the screen when another user’s photo is open on the Pixel 7a. Kind of like a black screen.

However, it is worth noting that the feature that blocks screenshots on users’ profile photos does not guarantee that no other user will be able to save the photo. The new function cannot prevent a user from clicking a photo using another smartphone on the same screen where the photo appears. Similarly, tapping on a user’s profile photo on the main chat list shows a small thumbnail and WhatsApp does not block screenshots there.

meanwhile feature tracker WABetaInfo has seen a change in the new beta version of the app for Android smartphones, with the ability to pin multiple messages on top of a single chat. Users can currently pin a single message, but this is expected to be expanded in an upcoming update to allow up to three messages to be pinned at once. Beta Testing You can already test better features by updating WhatsApp beta to Android 2.24.6.15. Later it is expected to be implemented for all users on iOS and Android.